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To: BeerSwillr; Lazamataz; All
I know for a fact tiffany was being sarcastic--reductio ad absurdum. It was so sarcastic that it must have been plain. Guess it wasn't too plain.
225 posted on 05/20/2003 10:59:12 AM PDT by tame (Don't blame my High School. It's the Aspartame.)
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To: tame
She won the argument, though, when she called us racists.
230 posted on 05/20/2003 11:02:22 AM PDT by kevao
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To: tame; Admin Moderator
I know for a fact tiffany was being sarcastic--reductio ad absurdum. It was so sarcastic that it must have been plain. Guess it wasn't too plain.

Then she needs to be dezapitated.

243 posted on 05/20/2003 11:15:05 AM PDT by Lazamataz ( "People that quote themselves in their taglines bother me." - Lazamataz)
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To: tame
What evidence do you have, other than reductio ad adsurdum? The notion of securing our borders and controlling immigration is hardly untenable.
252 posted on 05/20/2003 11:21:29 AM PDT by new cruelty
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To: tame
I know for a fact tiffany was being sarcastic--reductio ad absurdum. It was so sarcastic that it must have been plain. Guess it wasn't too plain.

Well, even with my Sarc-o-meter almost always set on High, I didn't catch that she was being anything other than an annoying leftist troll. I've had the same conversation repeated times with others of that mindset.

If one wants to employ reductio ad absurdum, it is generally agreed that an indication of that be applied to the end of the post, like so: /sarcasm--or some such device. Otherwise one leaves oneself open for misunderstanding, not to mention the almighty ZOT.

273 posted on 05/20/2003 11:43:54 AM PDT by Scothia (Attention feminist oligarchy: Don't presume to speak for ME!)
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